Bill Blass will launch a fifth fragrance in the Bill Blass Couture series (see Couture 1, 3. 6 & 7) this coming February. The fragrances were all inspired by designs from the Blass fashion line, which is currently undergoing a change in ownership.
The newest fragrance was inspired by a colorful red floral-print dress shown in Blass’ fall 2008 presentation.
[...] …Couture 8 mixes a “sophisticated floral green note with a bouquet of white flowers like hyacinth, poppy [a key note in the fragrance] and cosmos flower,” explained Drom perfumer Pierre Guéros. He worked on the scent with along with [sic] noses Valerie Garnuch-Mentzel and Delphine Jelk.
Bill Blass Couture 8 will be available in 75 ml Eau de Parfum, and like the earlier scents in the series will be exclusive to Saks. (via wwd)
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Oh goodness! I haven't even sampled the previous four. Oh well, better for my finances I guess
LOVE the bottle though!
I haven't smelled them either!
This doesn't really interest me, but Couture 3 kind of does.
One of them sounded good to me but now I can't remember which one. These haven't gotten much perfumista attention as near as I can tell.
Gorgeous bottle though. I wonder what the base notes are?
Was rather disappointed by 'Nude', which is highly rated by many, so I don't think I'd break a leg seeking this one out. And I don't like the bottle. And I hate hyacinth. Ooooh, am I a grouch, or what?
Ah, so his fragrances continue, even though the clothing line is folding? Interesting.
LOL — I was grouching w/ you til you got to hyacinth
Well, some other company has the license for the scents…and they wouldn't be the first to keep making fragrances long after the clothing is gone.
Ah…like…Norell.
(I for one didn't even know that was a clothing designer until I researched the fragrance.)
I quite like the Blass fragrances I've sampled so far. I'm particularly fond of the syrupy rose and classic citrus, and number 3 is a very nice middle-eastern rice pudding accord to my nose. They are all nicely done, with an unusual stewed prune/rasin/boozy note running through all of them. Nothing too avante garde, but the art direction around printed fabric is a cool concept, and the scents really do bring on a world of vivid notes splayed out like a bold chintz.
I feel bad for the brand that is in such disarray. (Yes, my heart bleeds borscht for a brand.)
And Piguet, & Rosine, and dozens of others.
I'm sort of surprised they've kept these in such tight distribution in the US — I'll probably never get to try them if they stay at Saks. Glad they're nicely done.